<p>Hi. I am a rising senior who, as some of you may already know, what to apply to Huntsman/Wharton ED this coming fall. Right now I am thinking a lot about my schedule for next year. Here it is:
@ High School
AP/IB Chemistry
AP/IB Spanish Literature
IB Lit
IB History
IB theory of knowledge
Projects
@ College
Mandarin Chinese
Calculus at the same level or higher than AP Calculus. </p>
<p>I am wondering if I should even try to take Mandarin. I mean, I am good enough in Spanish for the Huntsman program, and I'm pretty good at French so the language part isn't the problem. I really want to take Mandarin, but I feel like I don't have enough time in the day to study enough to keep an A at the college level. If you guys have seen my other posts you'll know I have a lot of ECs that take up quite a bit of time, and trust me, the others on my board aren't as dedicated as I am, so I will have to do what they wont. So here is my question. Should I take or not take Mandarin. Will Wharton appreciate how hard my schedule is, or will it not be that big of a deal. Any suggestions are VERY VERY welcomed. Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>screw Chinese take a joke AP instead like AP Environmental (appropriately abbreviated at my school as APES) or AP Psych. Looks impressive, no effort at all.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t have those APs.
We only have AP physics, chem and bio. And they’re all in the same period.
Then AP USH and Euro History which I can’t take cuz i’m IB. So i dunno what to do.</p>
<p>if yr really interested in mandarin, i’d say try it now! otherwise u could end up like me, entering college, itching to take either chinese or arabic (or hindi, but not as useful) for business</p>
<p>unless the school specifically makes it a point to notify Wharton, Wharton will not find out. However, if your GPA tanks from the schedule rigor, it will hurt you a lot.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s a really good point. Couldn’t I just send the grades from the university to Wharton? Is it that easy? Or is it a lot harder than it sounds?</p>
<p>If you are taking math and Chinese under a dual enrollment program, they should be on your high school transcript, noted as such. If not, absolutely, positively make certain that your GC knows what you are doing (and your recommenders, too).</p>
<p>I think you will get more credit for starting a third, difficult foreign language in a college setting than for taking a b.s. AP. I also think you may be biting off more than you can chew, but go for it and if it’s too stressful you can always pull back.</p>
<p>Thank you JHS, I see what you’re saying. “I also think you may be biting off more than you can chew,” yeah that’s a good way to say it. The ONLY reason that I feel like I can do it is because for my IB courses, we have the extended essay to do at the beginning of the year and all my teachers (even the AP chem one) knows that all of us are doing it so the homework load tends to be pretty low for the first couple months. So hopefully if i have that done before the school year starts, finish a book or two that we read at the beginning of the year, and finish all my studying for ACT, subject tests and whatever else it will almost be as if all i’m taking is my college classes and ap chem. Do you guys think that is manageable?
Oh… i’m also ASB president, other government president, NHS, and varsity soccer. So keep that in mind.</p>
<p>I know this is a really really old thread, but i only have a few days until I can’t change my schedule.<br>
So I really want to ask a specific question again: What will the Wharton people think of me for taking Mandarin? Thanks everyone</p>
